Welcome to How Leaders Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world.

I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader.

That's what this podcast is all about.

And today's guest is Larry Bossidy, the former chairman

and CEO of Honeywell, and author of the best-selling book, Execution, The Discipline of Getting

Things Done. Now, have you ever had to pull together a business strategy that didn't work?

Or perhaps the plans to execute that strategy weren't effective and

ultimately you failed? Building the strategy is one thing and executing it successfully is another.

But Larry knows what it takes to get things done and in this conversation, you're going to hear

how he leverages three things, just three things

to make big things happen, people, strategy, and operations. It was the process and discipline

he put around those parts of the business that made his team successful, and it's what you can

focus on as a leader if you want to be successful too.

So let's get right to it.

Here's my conversation with my friend and soon to be yours, Larry Bossidy.

I have to tell you, this is a great pleasure for me because I get to talk to Larry Bossidy this morning, who's really one of my heroes in business and the way how you conduct your life.

So, Larry, thank you very much for being on this show.

David, it's a pleasure to be here and particularly to be with you.

Well, let me tell you, it's always fun to start out and learn by learning about somebody's upbringing.

Can you tell us a little bit about your childhood?

I was born in Fitzville, Massachusetts.

I was one of three children.

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